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Hello, fellow readers! My first speculative fiction short story Metro Tarak Organ Scouts is out now at Washington Square Review. This story is very hustlers be hustling in a future Philippines where selling organs is where it’s at. You’ll meet…
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Story-wise, at least. It’s so gratifying to have that moment where I randomly backread the previous session’s output to reorient myself because I was stuck at one point in the current session only to find out I had already thought…
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One hour of writing, by the end of it, feels insufficient, but I swear the first ten to fifteen minutes feel like early morning Mass. I do have to make better plans so I can do 2-hour sprints again (or…
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Went to the doctor today and immediately felt my symptoms settle down a bit, effectively gaslighting myself so it felt like I was exaggerating everything I was feeling. Doctor was able to chalk some of it to post-Covid gland swelling,…
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3 weeks of laundry, vacuuming, garbage bin refresh, returning books to my shelves, cleaning up: I was thinking of doing these during the weekend but none of that happened. Instead, I finished The Saint of Bright Doors (read my Goodreads…
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Compelling stuff over here LOL Wednesday night, I got the whole plot lined up for my next (self-imposed) project into the wee hours of the morning while trying to sleep. Kaya ako hindi makatulog e! Matutulog na lang nagpapaka-productive pa.…
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Still wonky on the lighting pero madaming narating writing-wise in fairness kapag hindi mo “focus” ang writing (kasi focus ko na makapag-focus dahil nagsi-stream) mas playful ang approach ko sa pagsusulat. Ang weird! Parang that quote about that sideways pursuit…
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(Ang featured image ay galing sa pagbating post ng Avenida Books.) Ayus! Napasali ang nobela kong “Hoy, Pong!” bilang finalist sa kategoryang Best Novel in Filipino ng 42nd National Book Awards ng National Book Development Board–Philippines at Manila Critics Circle.…
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Posting my first and ugly test stream here to figure out if I like doing it after a few weeks. Don’t watch it, the audio sucks and I cough a lot in it. I’m not exactly aural but even I…
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I’ve learned by being in writing discussion groups that have pro (authors who’ve been paid market rates in exchange for the right to publish their stories on a venue) writers in them (who don’t know me) that submitting to venues…